Hericium ???? and a load of Ceps

[PeteS]

Had a great day in the New Forest on Monday. Due to the lack I was surprised to find many examples of Boletus edulis (the Cep). The one was interesting:



It was fruiting right in the middle of a mole-hill. I would have thought that the mole would have damaged the mycelium and wiggling the fungus showed that the mycelium was free in the soil - as if it had grown after the mole had been there - odd.

I also found this beautiful Hericium, possibly Hericium erinaceus:

[thebeard]

i think the mole might have tried pulling it into his hole , would have been a nice tasty treat

[alge]

Pete, thanks for drawing my attention to the Hericium sp. i found a dull lemon yellow blob with tiny lumps on the surface a couple of weeks back growing on an old cut butt, (not sure of the species of tree sorry) i wondered if this looks in the right area?



alex

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by alge

Pete, thanks for drawing my attention to the Hericium sp. i found a dull lemon yellow blob with tiny lumps on the surface a couple of weeks back growing on an old cut butt, (not sure of the species of tree sorry) i wondered if this looks in the right area?



alex

'Tis a slime mould Alex. Probably Enteridium lycoperdon before reaching that 'metallic' stage.

[alge]

Spanx halot Nick, i'll go back and see what its done since. Slime moulds are sooo odd.

[NickCantle]

Originally Posted by alge

Spanx halot Nick, i'll go back and see what its done since. Slime moulds are sooo odd.

Tell me about it, weird things!

[PeteS]

And here it is 6 days later:







Out of interest - I first spotted this fungus on this beach tree 2 years ago. Last year it did not show at all but this season it's back

[FungiJohn]

Simply stunning Pete and well worth the wait!

John

[Deer Stalker]

Originally Posted by PeteS

And here it is 6 days later:







Out of interest - I first spotted this fungus on this beach tree 2 years ago. Last year it did not show at all but this season it's back

I find the same with the Hericiums i know on the Forest, they sometimes skip a year.

[fairplay]

Beautiful as this fungus is, it's worth mentioning this is a very rare, Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) species and the county fungus recorder needs to be informed just in case this is a new location.

Apologies if you already know this.

Neil.